A rare cadmium sulfide mineral that is typically yellow or yellow-orange in color, found in metamorphic rocks.
Named after Greenock, a town in Scotland where the mineral was first discovered in 1840. The '-ite' suffix is standard for mineral names in geology.
Greenockite is one of the primary ores of cadmium, an element so toxic it causes 'itai-itai disease' (ouch-ouch disease) if contaminated water is consumed, yet it's essential for batteries and pigments!
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